# Personae: Hermes Agent plugin

> A messenger-style roster for Hermes Desktop: one row per profile with its live sessions, per-profile colour, status lights, search, groups, multi-select and an Apropos beta that starts a new session already knowing the…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/personae  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/personae  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-17

A messenger-style roster for Hermes Desktop: one row per profile with its live sessions, per-profile colour, status lights, search, groups, multi-select and an Apropos beta that starts a new session already knowing the ones you picked.

## Good to know before installing

A Desktop pane over all your local profiles: it reads each profile's sessions, cron jobs and settings through the app's own requests and, only when you click, deletes or archives sessions (deletes ask first), changes cron jobs or edits profile settings; Apropos starts a new session with a hidden pointer message naming the sessions you picked; no network calls or telemetry.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install personae
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable personae
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: SmoothMarx (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: linux, macos, windows
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.5`
- Version: 1.2.0
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-17

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/personae)
- [Source code](https://github.com/SmoothMarx/personae)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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